Tom’s Urban, started by restaurateur Tom Ryan with locations in Las Vegas, Denver and Los Angeles, indulges modern passions for big burgers, tacos and pizza and does it in a well-lit, modern space with TVs visible from every vantage point.

A long, curvy bar and 1980s music (“Shake It Up” by the Cars, for example) suggest fun for casino visitors. And you can tweet your dinner companion’s photo to the screens (with provided hashtags) and see it pop up a few minutes later. (Remember it goes out onto Twitter, too.)

On a recent Thursday evening visit, General Manager Tim Dilallo said business has been very good, as it was this night with moms and young-teen girls thanks to a Meghan Trainor concert in the arena. He said the restaurant was adding another manager to the handful it already has.

If you drool for food truck offerings, you’ll love Tom’s Urban. In fact, the menu has a section entitled Food Truck Sandwiches.

“It’s a mix of street foods from around the world,” Dilallo said, “and then it’s also a lot of comfort foods you grew up with — with a twist. So our version of pot roast is braised short ribs with (cheddar polenta) grits. We have a BLT, but it’s not quite a BLT. It’s a lobster salad BLT. We do a grilled cheese...with a twist. It’s called the fig sandwich, so there’s fig jam and three exotic cheeses on it...”

As for healthy options, Dilallo said there are salads and all the burgers and chicken sandwiches can be done with lettuce instead of on a (large) burger bun. Tacos can be served on lettuce cups instead of tortillas, he said.

That would have been the sensible choice, but instead we ordered the half-pound Sin City burger, with American cheese, fried egg, crispy onions, bacon and BBQ sauce (priced at $15) and a companion had the house specialty, the prime rib Philly cheesesteak dip (priced at $21), which is thinly shaved prime rib served “Philly” style with Havarti cheese and horseradish cream on a butter-toasted brioche roll with a side of beef demi-glace (a “dip” thicker and tangier than au jus). Both were delicious and yielded a second meal the next day.

Mohegan’s website quotes Ryan as saying he has a PhD in Flavor and Fragrance Chemistry (yes, that’s a thing), and there’s plenty to try on this menu, even if results are mixed. (The sweet potato fries were a bit too thin and crisp, for example.)

Our nod to healthier eating was an order of crispy Brussels sprouts, which are grilled up with red peppers and Asian vinaigrette and include more of the (edible) stem than usual. They weren’t as spicy as they sound.

The attentive and upbeat server suggested the ginger chicken potstickers with Seoul dipping sauce, which were tasty but not awe-inspiring.

There are lunch specials (two items for $12) and a happy hour that starts at $3 for “booze and bites” at 3 p.m. and goes up a dollar for the next two hours (the reverse happens at 10 p.m. when prices drop until 1 a.m.). The drinks, too, attempt to be memorable, with options to upsize to larger beers and wine. We like that idea, and the beers are varied although the wine selection is pretty basic.

The “twist” on a luscious $8 shake, meanwhile, is the Urban Spiked Shake, one of which is called Kraken Spiced Rum Salted Caramel. Release the Kraken and a loop on your belt, too.

Tom’s Urban, which arrived in August, is open to 1 a.m. weeknights and 2 a.m. on weekends (last call a half-hour before, but food is served right up to the closing). It’s a fun visit, and if it can attract enough repeat customers, it will stay longer in the mezzanine space next to Landsdowne Pub.